<p>TomServo,</p>
<p>Those few math professors are just “stuck in their ways” and feel that engineers should know more about the theory behind topics. From what I gather, these profs believe that you come to college to learn “totally” (in their words) about a topic…not just to qualify for a job.</p>
<p>There was not enough time for me to really get involved in a debate with them, being as I am an applied mathematician, but I did reply back with a more generic “having the options to be theoretical or applied in a subject area would bring in more students with different interests…yadda yadda”.</p>